Test #14 -- Eighth Grade.  Record: Your COW response score (/20), your vocabulary homework score (/20), your extra credit for the week (+4 min./+10 max.), and your scores on the two COW quizzes (/6, /9).
Spelling. All do all. Do not copy.
  1. cancel, conceal, religon, tragedy, all correct
  2. cynical, concieted, citizen, concerned, all correct
  3. contagious, guarantee, lisense, delicious, all correct
  4. catagory, gadget, fragile, serial, all correct
  5. cereal, gorgous, garage, concentrate, all correct
  6. urgency, gargle, gymnazium, digestion, all correct
  7. innocents, innocence, magician, reluctant, all correct
  8. * optimistic : cynical :: modest : _________
  9. * homework : concentration :: food : __________
  10. * Cheerios : cereal :: Methodist : __________
Vocabulary. Skip if "exempt."
malinger, intimate, progeny, conciliate, bode, pent, vicarious, docile
  1. The teacher's solemn look did not _______ well for the rest of the period.
  2. His _______ anger burst forth like water from a broken dam.
  3. There was no use for _________(ing) dogs in the Yukon. A dog had to pull his weight, so to speak.
  4. "...other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some _______(ly), and some raging and roaring as he had come."
  5. The bear seemed ___________ enough, but when it was teased, it attacked.
  6. prestidigitator : magician :: offspring : ________
  7. Buck ______(ed) his displeasure at being leashed by growling. He thought that would be enough.
  8. The two countries, long enemies, have recently tried to _____________.
  9. "...during those two days and nights of torment, he accumulated a fund of wrath that ________(ed) ill for whoever first fell afoul of him."
  10. Reading romance novels gave the lonely old woman a ___________ thrill.
COW
  1. On page 700, the word revelation most nearly means...a) an eye-opener.  b) a lesson.  c) a punishment.  d) an embarrassment.
  2. What did Buck see happen to a dog that would neither obey nor make friends with man?
  3. How much total money has been spent by the various people who have bought Buck?
  4. Why was the price of dogs so high? (no quote)
  5. Perrault needs dogs like Buck for his work as... a) a gold seeker.  b) a fur trader.  c) a dog trainer.  d) a mail carrier.
  6. On page 701, the word swarthy most nearly means...a) huge.  b) dark skinned.  c) stinky.  d) ugly.
  7. True or False? Buck likes Francois and Perrault.
  8. What increases Buck's respect for Francois?
  9.  (4) Match the dog with the proper description
    10. a) Spitz(bergen)
    b) Curly
    c) Dave
    d) Buck    		 *  Loner.
    *  Treacherous.
    *  Regal.
    *  Good-natured.